underflush

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under +‎ flush

Noun[edit]

underflush (plural underflushes)

  1. A tinge of colour showing through from beneath.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
      Honey-coloured all over, with an underflush of vermilion at the cheeks and lips.
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